The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-05

shefifR's posse was removed. The Tolliver-
ties threaten to avenge the killing Of Craig
Tolliver. His widow IL running saloon at
Morehead. the other business Of the town
being completely dead.
FIRE In Georgetown, KY. recently de-
stroyed seven business houses including
the newspaper office. Loss $4,000
The boiler Of the Houston (Tex.) Lumber
Company's saw and planning mill exploded
recently, wrecking half the building and
killing A. g. Wells, general manager Of the
company; Andrew Henry, engineer, and
Frank Wilson, laborer. One man and two
boys were reported missing.
GENERAL.
THE French Government has decided to
complete the great works on the Seine, at
Havre. 1t is proposed to expend 125. 600
francs on the works.
ONLY two-thirds Of the new Pan anna
canal loan has been subscribed in Paris.
The Porte has issued an trade Diminishing
the reserves.
TIE Board of Guardians Of Limerick, Ire
land, has declared the poor law fund bank
rupt. Nine thousand pounds is due to con-
tractors for supplies for the poor. The
banks have refused to cash the checks Of
the union and the rates have not been paid.
The Board of Guardians has ordered that
legal action be begun to recover the rates.
AMONG the passengers who sailed for Eu-
rope on the steamer Germanic on the 9th
was Governor John 8. Marmaduke, Of Mis-
souri,.
IT is affirmed that Prince Ferdinand has
finally decided to 60 to Bulgaria at an
early date.
RECENTLY an attempt was made to sur
prise and attack the building containing the
Government treasury at Rustchuk, Bull
garia. The guards fired upon the attack
ing party, who fed.
the Servian Cabinet has appointed q
commission, the members of which are
drawn from all three political parties, to
prepare new constitution.
The enlistment of one man in every
twenty for service in Northern Afghanis-
tan has been ordered by the Ameer
The Pope has decided that there is no
ground for Papal interference with the
Knights of Labor question.
QUEEN VICTORIA has refused to accept
the resignation of Lord Charles Beresford
as Junior Lord of the British Admiralty.
Lord Beresford made blunder in courtesy
at the recent naval review and this
prOmpGeu us reSlBndtlOu
ANOTHER member of the Irish constabu-
larry has resigned as protest against the
Coercion act.
The congress for the codification of the
law Of nations, at London, on the 2Sth,
agreed to recommend that the maritime
powers adopt Wynekin's code for insertion
in the code Of international signals.
Two pleasure yachts, both well laden
with people, were capsized in sQuall of
Yarmouth, Eng, recently, and ten persons
were drowned.
A FIRE in the town of Liederkerks in
Brabant Belgium, recently destroyed
thirty-three houses, depriving 200 persons
of their homes.
LORD SALISBURY, in speech at Norwich,
England, recently, warned the Conserve
tive party to prepare for a possible dissolu-
ton of Parliament.
A DISPATCH from Shelbourne, N. s., of the
2Sth, states that the schooner Annie W.
Hodgson has sailed, having been released
by the collector of customs. The fine as,
sessed against her was deposited by Con-
sui General Phelan with the customs au-
TIMOTHY HEALEY, the prominent National
ist member of the British House of Com
weeks for outrageously defying the Speak
err.
PRINCE LOUIS. of Battenberg, has been
appointed commander of the British IRON
clad Dreadnaught over the heads of scores
of seniors. 1t is expected the radicals will
criticise the appointment in Parliament.
DUBLIN, so 1t is officially intimated, has
been proclaimed under the section of the
Crimes act dealing with forcible possession
and assaults on the police.
SIGNoR AUGUsTIN DErRETIs, Prime Min
lister of Italy, died on the 29th.
FRANCE has agreed to join the interna-
tlonal conference at London on export
The Belgian Chamber of Deputies, by q
vote of So to s., has rejected the proposal to
extend the right of suffrage.
BUSINESS failures for the seven days
ended July % numbered for the United
States, 1872; for Canada, %; total, 1S4, COM
pared with ia the previous week, and 1872
for the corresponding week of last year.
The Spanish Government has abolished
Cuban and Porto Rico export duties on
sugar, spirits and honey.
THE LATEST.
DURING heavy thunder storm on the 2lst
,ne of the tanks Of the Atlantic oil refinery,
1t Point Breeze, near Philadelphia, was
struck by lightning. The oil consumed was
estimated at from 100 to l, 500 bar
rels.
MCGARIeLE, the Chicago boodler, sue
,eeded in reaching Sarnia, Ont, on the
Of the Slst, narrowly escaping the
detectives who stopped the schooner Ed |
Blake, on which he had been concealed, as |
he left in yawl.
NINETIEN persons died in New York on |
he Slet without medical attendance, the |
argost number IN one day on record.
The steamer Umbria, which arrived at |
New York on the 3lst, reported meeting |
With tidal wave ind cyclone, which de-
aged her twenty hours. The wave was
zen approaching in time to prepare for it.
The wave struck the vessel with great
orce, carrying away q portion o. che
fridge and forward hatch.
SECRETARY WHITNEY announces that q
'ontract has been entered into with the
iotchkiss Ordnance Company which in.
ures the establishment of branch OF that
oncern in this country.
The Columbian National Bank of Phila-
.ciphia has got into financial difficulties
wing to the lack OF funds.
TIE Wells q French, bridge and car
'uilding works, Chicago, burned the other
morning. Loss, sl5OOOl
CHARLES H. REED, one of Guiteau's law
ers, attempted suicide at New York on
he Both, by jumping into the North nver.
ie was rescued after the paddle-wheel of
teamer had given him blow on the head.
CAPTAIN GILBERT KNAPP, the founder of
lacine. Wis. died Of old age on the 31st.